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by Timboman
Wed May 17, 2017 2:13 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Caching to M.2 NVMe
Replies: 3
Views: 4567

Re: Caching to M.2 NVMe

Currently, due to the way that Primocache passively flushes data to the L2 during idle times, benchmarking tests do not detect or utilize it. Apparently when 3.0 comes out there will be options to more aggressively use L2 caching that will be measurable, but not till then. As it stands right now if ...
by Timboman
Sat May 13, 2017 3:32 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Intel Optane as L2 Cache?
Replies: 5
Views: 7646

Re: Intel Optane as L2 Cache?

Well my PC is almost never turned off, except when I have to do any physical maintenance and modification to it or a software update requires a restart, so I don't really think cache rebuilds are gonna be much of an issue for me. Also I'm doing this with future scalability in mind. I have (at least ...
by Timboman
Fri May 12, 2017 10:56 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Intel Optane as L2 Cache?
Replies: 5
Views: 7646

Re: Intel Optane as L2 Cache?

Ya, as I've been mulling it over I've come to the same conclusion that the Optane is too small to make a difference. What I think I'm gonna do instead is grab a 960 EVO 250GB NVMe drive and use that as my L2 cache instead. I'm mostly doing this to increase the speed of my games stored on my HDD, not...
by Timboman
Thu May 11, 2017 1:57 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Intel Optane as L2 Cache?
Replies: 5
Views: 7646

Intel Optane as L2 Cache?

So, here's a little background on what I'm trying to do. I recently (about 4 months ago) built a brand new gaming computer. All near top of the line stuff (for what I could get in my price range), here's my PC Part Picker Listing: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8B3Zd6 Several weeks ago the new "...